Lenny Ecosystem Lead at Internet Archive, Backend Engineer at EDRLab (Readium), & YC Startup School '26.
Lenny Ecosystem Lead & Contract Open Library Engineer at Internet Archive (GSoC '25 → contract → ecosystem lead). Co-created Lenny, which connects to Open Library so libraries can install their own instance, own their EPUBs on the internet, and share them over Open Library & its OPDS 2.0 feeds (powering reader.archive.org) without subscription-based commercial lending lock-in. Alongside onboarding libraries onto Lenny, I work closely with Maria Bustillos at BRIET as consultant.
Backend Engineer (contract) at EDRLab and Readium.org, building the global OPDS 2.0 Catalog Registry and the Readium Speech Server for Thorium Readers & other Open Source Reading Apps.
Selected for Y Combinator Startup School India '26 ($25K AI credits) and Stanford University AI & OSS research. Using my YC credits to explore different markets and test ideas from scratch, I solo-founded Espeya.com and created the open-source side project ZON Format — see all in Archive & Experiments →
Connected to Lenny & reader.archive.org via OPDS 2.0 feeds
Self-hosted EPUBs libraries own & lend without subscriptions
AI & cloud credits backing market experiments like Espeya.com
LLM token reduction vs. JSON across Python & TypeScript
Experience
European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab & Readium)
Readium.orgContractEngineeringBackend Engineer
Internet Archive (Open Library & ArchiveLabs)
Open LibraryArchiveLabsLennyEngineeringLenny Ecosystem Lead & Contract Open Library Engineer
Google Summer of Code 2025
FellowshipEngineeringGSoC 2025 Fellow — Internet Archive / Open Library
BRIET & The Brick House Cooperative
briet.appLenny AdoptionConsulting & ResearchLead Engineer & Library Onboarding (with Maria Bustillos)
Stanford University
Consulting & ResearchResearch Participant (AI & OSS Development Study)
Open Library (Internet Archive & ArchiveLabs)
Internet ArchiveArchiveLabsOPDS 2.0Open SourceOpen Library Engineer & Core Maintainer
ArchiveLabs
Lennypyopds2Open SourceEcosystem Lead & Core Maintainer
EDRLab & Readium Foundation
Readium.orgThoriumOpen SourceCore Maintainer (OPDS Catalog Registry & Readium Speech Server)
Google Developer Groups on Campus
CommunityChapter Founder & Organiser
Microsoft Student Ambassador
CommunityStudent Ambassador
E-Cell, IIT Bombay
CommunityE-Cell Campus Ambassador
The global OPDS 2.0 library catalog registry built at EDRLab & Readium for Thorium Reader, helping readers worldwide discover and connect to public, academic, and open-access digital libraries.
Open text-to-speech server built at EDRLab & Readium for Thorium Readers and other open-source reading apps, combining local open-source voice models and cloud speech providers to power read-aloud narration in Thorium Web.
The official OPDS 2.0 catalog service for Open Library at the Internet Archive, connecting millions of books directly to modern reading apps and reader.archive.org.
Internal service at the Internet Archive supporting Readium Manifest CLI and Thorium Web Reader integration to enable secure in-browser reading of borrowed ebooks across Open Library and Lenny.
Education
Y Combinator
Selected from 25K applicants$25K YC AI CreditsStartup School India Attendee
A.G. Patil Institute of Technology
B.Tech, Computer Engineering (Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Full-Stack Web Development, Cloud Computing)
A.G. Patil Polytechnic Institute
Diploma, Computer Engineering (Published research paper on Analytics of Student Database - DOI: 10.15680/IJIRCCE.2022.1004113)